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Czech Republic March 2012: New gen Hyundai i30 takes off

April 6th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Hyundai i30

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The Czech car market is down 2% year-on-year in March at 17,064 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 43,529 units, up 4% on 2011. No surprise on top: the Skoda Octavia is #1 with 2,081 sales and 12.2% followed by the Skoda Fabia at 1,221 units and 7.2%, possibly its weakest share ever in its native country.

Produced locally since January 17 in Nošovice, the second generation Hyundai i30 takes off this month, up 3 spots on February to land on the podium for the second time in the last 5 months with 547 sales and 3.2%. The Hyundai i30 is one of just 3 non-Skoda models to have managed a 3%+ market share at least once in the last year with the Ford Focus (4.5% last June) and the VW Golf (3.2% last May)…

Other great performers in the Czech Top 10 this month include the Renault Thalia up 9 ranks to #4, the Ford Fusion also up 9 spots to #6, the Hyundai ix20 up 2 ranks to #8 and the Nissan Qashqai holding itself within the Top 10 for the 2nd time ever at #9. The Kia Rio breaks the 1% share barrier at #24, the Ford Kuga is up to #30 and the Skoda Citigo is down a worrying 18 spots to #34.

Previous month: Czech Republic February 2012: Hyundai i2o improves further

One year ago: Czech Republic March 2011: Ford Focus and Hyundai i20 strong

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Czech Republic March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Skoda Octavia 2,081 12.2% 1 6,481 14.9% 1 1
2 Skoda Fabia 1,221 7.2% 2 3,359 7.7% 2 2
3 Hyundai i30 547 3.2% 6 1,068 2.5% 3 8
4 Renault Thalia 483 2.8% 13 906 2.1% 7 11
5 Skoda Superb 439 2.6% 5 1,046 2.4% 5 3
6 Ford Fusion 429 2.5% 15 784 1.8% 11 10
7 Skoda Yeti 423 2.5% 3 1,061 2.4% 4 6
8 Hyundai ix20 383 2.2% 10 853 2.0% 9 19
9 Nissan Qashqai 379 2.2% 7 834 1.9% 10 41
10 VW Golf 365 2.1% 11 869 2.0% 8 5
11 Hyundai i20 355 2.1% 4 950 2.2% 6 12
12 Ford Fiesta 296 1.7% 17 599 1.4% 16 16
13 Ford Focus 291 1.7% 23 555 1.3% 18 4
14 Kia Cee’d 289 1.7% 12 719 1.7% 13 7
15 Skoda Roomster 272 1.6% 9 769 1.8% 12 13
16 VW Polo 258 1.5% 22 589 1.4% 17 15
17 VW Passat 252 1.5% 18 634 1.5% 15 14
18 Renault Megane 222 1.3% 8 686 1.6% 14 9
19 Hyundai ix35 221 1.3% 20 539 1.2% 19 23
20 VW Tiguan 202 1.2% 24 460 1.1% 23 27
21 Opel Astra 185 1.1% 48 336 0.8% 30 20
22 Dacia Duster 172 1.0% 19 516 1.2% 21 17
23 Kia Sportage 172 1.0% 29 366 0.8% 27 26
24 Kia Rio 170 1.0% 25 386 0.9% 25 36
25 Seat Ibiza 166 1.0% 30 352 0.8% 29 18
26 Suzuki SX4 159 0.9% 49 365 0.8% 28 22
27 Peugeot 207 148 0.9% 14 538 1.2% 20 21
28 Renault Fluence 147 0.9% 37 281 0.6% 32 31
29 Ford Mondeo 141 0.8% 26 385 0.9% 26 24
30 Ford Kuga 131 0.8% 47 238 0.5% 39 61
31 Opel Corsa 120 0.7% 86 184 0.4% 52 37
32 Peugeot 308 118 0.7% 21 431 1.0% 24 25
33 Mitsubishi ASX 114 0.7% 61 213 0.5% 47 45
34 Skoda Citigo 113 0.7% 16 469 1.1% 22 81
35 Toyota Yaris 109 0.6% 44 274 0.6% 34 30
36 Citroen C4 109 0.6% 32 261 0.6% 36 32
37 VW Caddy 108 0.6% 35 280 0.6% 33 33
38 Renault Clio 102 0.6% 40 308 0.7% 31 28
39 Citroen C3 101 0.6% 51 215 0.5% 46 35
40 Fiat Punto 100 0.6% 72 175 0.4% 58 63
41 Chevrolet Orlando 99 0.6% 33 272 0.6% 35 51
42 Dacia Sandero 92 0.5% 39 257 0.6% 37 43
43 Kia Venga 91 0.5% 38 222 0.5% 44 34
44 Ford C-Max 89 0.5% 28 222 0.5% 43 54
45 Citroen Berlingo 86 0.5% 27 246 0.6% 38 44
46 BMW 5 Series 83 0.5% 45 227 0.5% 42 40
47 Citroen C4 Picasso 80 0.5% 59 171 0.4% 59 46
48 Audi A6 74 0.4% 42 215 0.5% 45 62
49 VW Transporter 72 0.4% 41 229 0.5% 41 42
50 Chevrolet Cruze 72 0.4% 46 205 0.5% 48 48

Source: sda-cia.cz

Categories: Czech Republic
  1. Steam
    April 8th, 2012 at 03:46 | #1
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    TheK :Interesting how far Opel is behind Ford and VW there.

    This also happens in whole europe at the moment.

  2. TheK
    April 8th, 2012 at 02:56 | #2
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    Interesting how far Opel is behind Ford and VW there.

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